The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13


Grant House. In 1878 he took his SON.
in-law, Mr.. HOLSTER. into partnership,
under the firm name of Starkweather &
Co.
Mr.. E. III. HOLSTERS native place was
Genoa, Cayuga county, N. Y. AT the
age of nineteen he entered dry goods
store in Auburn, N. Y, as clerk, and
served in that capacity for several years.
In 1867 Mr.. HOLSTER came TO Kenosha
and went into J. B. Starkweather's drug
store. In 1868 he took clerkship in
Mr.. S. G. Johnson's book store in the
building where Lentz & Funck's grocery
| is. In 1869 Mr.. HOLSTER went back to
Ithaca, into the art furnishing business
with his brother. In 1873 he returned
to Kenosha, and entered his father-in-
laws drug store as clerk. In1878 he be-
came partner in the business, and the
firm of Starkweather & Co. became one of
the principal business firms of the city.
About the middle of last March the
business of the firm of Starkweather &
Co. moved from the Grant House block
into its present quarters, in Mr.. Hollis
ter's store, No. 712 Main street-com-
monty known as Bonds Biock" which
had just been especially fitted up for the
firm.
The business now conducted by the
firm of Starkweather & Co. is one Of the
best established in the city, and is con-
sidered as reliable as any in the state.
The firm is extensive dealers in all class
es of goods usually handled by first-class
drug stores it also carries a full stock of
garden, flower, clover, timothy and
Hungarian grass seeds, paints, oils, var
nishes. putty. glass, mixed paints and
headlight oils; fine candies, choice
cigars and tobacco.
This business, under the management
of Mr.. Starkweather, with his various
partners, has been a steadily growing
business, and has acquired business
standing of which its venerable founder
may justly feel proud.
III. G. SCHULZ.
Mr.. III. G. Schulz was born and bred
in the commercial line of business, his
family and ancestors having been Ell.
gagged in commercial pursuits for many
years in the past. Mr.. Schulz is q
native of Dantzic. Germany, and came
to America in 1869, at the age of Is
years. He led rambling sort of life
for several years, meeting with about
the average amount of success, and al
last became travelling salesman for q
New York house selling brewers sup
lplies. In 1877 Mr.. Schulz started bust.
ness in Chicago as broker and com.
mission dealer in brewers supplies
This business he followed till 1879, when
he came to Kenosha. Soon after com.
ing here, he began his business expert.
ence in Kenosha by building little
structure near Nick. Pirsch's wagon
factory-12x18 feet-and started up in
agricultural implements and farmers
supplies. This building was altogether
too small, and in 1880 he moved into
the building now occupied by Mr.. Matt.
Brady. This gave him chance to ex-
pand, which he did; for during the next
year his business increased to such an
extent that more room was needed, and
in 1881 he moved into what is now
known as the organ factory. Here he
remained until 1883, when he bought of
Mr.. Thomas English the lot now occu-
pied by him, on the north side of Park
street, a few doors east of Main street,
as permanent location, and, fixing up
the building, moved in. His business
was still on the increase, and began to
crowd him. In 1884 Mr.. Schulz bought
the lot next adjoining him on the east,
built an additional store, and large
warehouse in the rear, and now, with all
this room, everything is filled to over
flowing.
Mr.. Schulz's stores are 48x60 feet, and
two stories high the warehouse is 20x48
feet, two floors. This gives him 1850
square feet of room for his business.
He is the agent of the Royal st. John
Sewing Machine. He manufactures the
climax drag or harrow, which he will
warrant of superior quality. Mr.. Schulz
deals extensively in self.binders, harvest
ers, mowers, reapers, cultivators, seed
ers, plows, hay tedders, feed mills, wind
engines, binder trucks, churns, barbed
wire, scales, wheel-barrows. stoves, heat
ers, and everything in the line of general
hardware. He is doing a large outside
business, drawing to Kenosha trade from
both Racine and Lake counties. Gus
toners will find Mr.. Schulz man to be
depended upon, sociable, liberal, square
and reliable the qualities which 20 to
make, just what he ia successful bust
ness man.
CRANEY & PIERCE.
| Mr.. William j. Craney was born in
the town of Paris, in this county. His
father being farmer, he was brought
up to that business, and worked on his
fathers farm till % years Of age. He
| then rented the farm, and ran it as a
tenant until his fathers death in 1881.
After his fathers death he took sole
charge of the farm on his own account,
till 1884. During 1884 Mr.. Craney rent
ed out the farm, sold his stock, and,
coming to Kenosha, bought Mr.. Lavey's
half interest in the firm of Toner &
Lavey, dealers in agricultural nipple
ments. In 1885 Mr.. Craney bought his
partner out, and became the sole owner
of the business. In 1886 he sold a half
interest in the business to Mr.. C. G.
Pierce.
Clyde G. Pierce was also born in the
town of Paris, Kencsha county, and
worked as lad and young man on his
fathers farm till 1883. He then spent
two years in Illinois and Iowa. In 1885
Mr.. Pierce returned to Paris and worked
at farming. In 1886 Mr.. Pierce bought
half interest in the business then car
ried on by Mr.. w. J. Craney.
The firm of Craney & Pierce was
organized in 1886. then doing an exclu-
sively agricultural implement business,
but soon after the firm added shelf hard
ware, and in a short. time put in stock
of stoves. The firm occupy two stores
with extensive sheds in the rear, and
are doing large business in agricultural
implements, farmers supplies of every
kind, and repairs for all kinds of farm
implements and tools. They do gener-
al hardware business, and carry fine
line of stoves, heaters and furnishings.
The stock is entirely new, with no old
stock to work off, and each class is a
specially. The proprietors are native
and to the manor born"-the product of
Kenosha county-which certainly en-
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